XMTEXTSETSELECTION(3)

💖 XmTextSetSelection — a Text function that sets the primary selection of the text 💖

okay bestie, so this is XmTextSetSelection from the <Xm/Text.h> library, aka a library call, and it's lowkey one of those little Text widget functions that just does the thing and dips. no return value, no drama, just vibes. let's get into it ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <Xm/Text.h>
void XmTextSetSelection(
Widget widget,
XmTextPosition first,
XmTextPosition last,
Time time);

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

XmTextSetSelection sets the primary selection of the text inside the widget. that's the main character move here.

but wait, there's more 💅 — it also:

• moves the insertion cursor to the last position of the selection (cursor said "I'm going where the selection ends, periodt")
• calls the widget's XmNmotionVerifyCallback callbacks

here's the tea on each argument:

• widget — specifies the Text widget ID. it's the widget you're doing this to, obvs 🫶
• first — marks the first character position of the text to be selected. the starting line, if you will 👑
• last — marks the last position of the text to be selected. the finish line, no cap ✨
• time — specifies the time at which the selection value is desired. it should be the same as the time of the event that triggered this request. one source of a valid time stamp is the function XtLastTimestampProcessed 🕐 (iykyk — that's your timestamp plug)

for a complete definition of Text and its associated resources, see XmText(3). don't skip it, bestie, it's giving essential 📖

🌈 RELATED 🌈

• XmText(3).

and that's the whole page!! this was XmTextSetSelection(library call), like, the entire manpage, we ate fr fr 🍓🦋 thanks for reading bestie, go set some selections and slay 💅💜